All One Universe

Poul Anderson

Macmillan, May 15, 1997 - Fiction - 288 pages

Poul Anderson himself has put together a retrospective collection of his recent writings, fiction and nonfiction, under the title All One Universe. This is the first major Poul Anderson collection in a decade. It encompasses all his strengths as a teller of tales and, in addition, provides a running commentary in the story notes and in the essays on other literary figures such as Rudyard Kipling, Johannes B. Jensen, and John W. Campbell, Jr., commentary that illuminates the fiction, gives personal insight into the mind of this fine writer, and provides a unifying personality for All One Universe. All One Universe, then, represents the new best of Poul Anderson. It is a rich, varied selection of quintessential science fiction as well as four essays, mostly from recent years, by one of the great science fiction writers of the century. His stories are filled with roaring energy, the soul of poetry, and dark imaginings.

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Review: All One Universe

User Review  - Gina Durst - Goodreads

Some of these stories I thought were pretty creative. Would like to go back and contemplate them again.

Review: All One Universe

User Review - Goodreads

Always liked Anderson, without getting wildly excited about him. He's a great idea writer, but an uneven character writer. This book is a mix of stories and essays. The stories are a mix of hard ...

Contents

• INTRODUCTION: 11
• STRANGERS: 13
• NEPTUNE DIARY: 37
• REQUIEM FOR A UNIVERSE: 49
• JOHN CAMPBELL: 65
• IN MEMORIAM: 75
• THE HOUSE OF SORROWS: 87
• UNCLEFTISH BEHOLDING from The AngloSaxon Chronicle: 121
• LOSERS NIGHT: 127
• SCIENCE FICTION AND HISTORY: 149
• ROKURO: 161
• RUDYARD KIPLING: 177
• THE FOREST: 185
• JOHANNES V JENSEN: 217
• FORTUNE HUNTER: 229
• WOLFRAM: 243
• THE VISITOR: 251
• WELLSPRINGS OF DREAM: 267
• THE VOORTREKKERS: 281

About the author

The bestselling author of such classic novels as Brain Wave and The Boat of a Million Years, Poul Anderson won just about every award the science fiction and fantasy field has to offer. He has won multiple Hugos and Nebulas, the John W. Campbell Award, The Locus Poll Award, the Skylark Award, and the SFWA Grandmaster Award for Lifetime Achievement. His recent books include Harvest of Stars, The Stars are also On Fire, Operation Chaos, Operation Luna, Genesis, Mother of Kings, and Going for Infinity, a collection and retrospective of his life's work. Poul Anderson lived in Orinda, California where he passed away in 2001.

Bibliographic information

• Title: All One Universe
• Author: Poul Anderson
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Macmillan, 1997
• ISBN: 0812539095, 9780812539097
• Length: 288 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / General